Women Planting Yams

In this photo the wives of FES staff and work crew helped to plant yams in ITTA plot. Yams are one of the staple foods in the Solomon Islanders' diet. Yams are roasted over an open fire, baked in the traditional stone oven, cooked in pot with fresh coconut milk or our favorite way, grated, mixed with coconut milk, than wrapped in a banana leaf and baked in the stone oven. Our island was the garden spot of the Solomons and other Volunteers we jealous of the variety of delicious foods that were available.